Picture-frame.



NME STATES HERMAN DAVIDSON,

ATENT OFFICE..

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PICTU RE-FRAIVI E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,622, dated September 25, 1900.

Application filed May 26,1900. berial No. 18,074. (No model.)

fo ou whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN DAVIDSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of' New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Pictu re-Frame, of' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in frames for pictures; and the object is to provide a simple and novel means for securing the back to the frame.

I will describe a picture-frame embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a back view of' a frame embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing the frame and back as separated. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the frame, which is oval in outline, havinga sight-opening also shown as oval in outline. It is to be understood, however, that the outline may be otherwise shaped, and, further, it is to be understood that my invention will apply to frames having a rectangular sightopening or a circular sight-opening. EX-

tended around the upper portion of the sightopening at the back is a retaining-strip, consisting of a rearwardly-extended flange 11, upon the rear edge of which is an inwardlyextended flange 12. Extended along the edge of the lower portion of said sight-opening is a clamping strip or bead 13, which mayconsist of wire or be otherwise formed thereon. The back14 has a peripheral forwardly-eX- tended flange 15, the 'edge of which will engage against the rear surface of the frame 10, as clearly indicated in the drawings.

In placing the back in position its upper portion is to be moved underneath the fiange 12, and then the lower portion is to be pressed forward, so that the iiange 15 will engage closely against the inner surface of the clamping-strip. The flange l5 will have a slight resiliency, so that the pressure exerted thereby against the strip 13 will securely hold the back to the frame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a picture-frame, a retaining-strip eX- tended along the upper portion of the sightopening of the frame, a tlange on said strip, a clamping-strip arranged along the lower portion of said opening, and aback having a spring-yielding peripheral flange, the said back being adapted to engage underneath the flange of the retaining-strip and to have spring-yielding engagement with the clamping-strip.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN DAVIDSON.

Vitnesses:

JNO. INI. RITTER, C. R. FERGUSON. 

